Provide intensive, evidence-based family therapy to youth and families involved in or at risk of gang affiliation using the Functional Family Therapy model. Collaborate with community partners, probation, and schools to coordinate care and support long-term behavioral change.
Requirements summary
Requires a Master's degree in social work, counseling, or a related field and minimum one year of similar experience. Candidates must be license eligible or licensed and possess a valid driver's license.
What You’ll be Doing You will provide family therapy to youth and families in a home-based setting and community context. Clients will be juvenile justice involved, gang involved/affiliated, or at risk. You will work closely with a team of trained therapists to ensure the delivery of quality clinical care. You will be responsible for participating in community outreach to support communities impacted by violence and inequity.
Services will be delivered in the context of an evidence-based model.
The Functional Family Therapy (FFT) Therapist, you will provide intensive, evidence-based family therapy to youth ages 11-18 years old, some of whom may be involved in or at risk of gang affiliation, along with their families.
Using the FFT model, you will engage families in strength-based, relational interventions that reduce risk, improve family functioning, and support long-term behavioral change.
Your work will focus on building trust, de-escalating conflict, and promoting accountability within the family system.
You will collaborate closely with community partners, probation, and other service providers to support safety, stability, and positive outcomes for the families you serve.
This role is impactful, dynamic, and grounded in a deep belief in the power of family to drive meaningful change.
Hybrid Role, 20% Remote Work.
Your Main Priorities While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job, you will primarily:
Work with the families who are traditionally reluctant or oppositional to therapy, be engaging them and initiating services in a home-based setting.
Provide responsive interventions to youth who are involved in or at risk of gang affiliation, focusing on reducing risk factors and increasing protective factors.
Provide the services with a variance of days/hours designed to respond to the client/family needs/schedule.
Observe appropriate personal and professional boundaries and adheres to FFT and professional code of ethics.
Provide service or treatment plan that is based on an effective assessment, as well as provision of a closure and aftercare plan for clients and/or families.
Maintain required confidentiality regarding client case materials in compliance with HIPAA standards.
Provide the collateral of the required documents per the specific contract and/or grant requirements or state and federal standards.
Provide all the services required by the referral agency and FFT.
Maintain regular contact and respond to all calls and inquiries from the referring collateral.
Collaborate with community partners (e.g., probation, schools) to coordinate care and create a unified approach to support youth who are involved in or at risk of gang affiliation.
Participate in, and guides when appropriate, the monthly meeting or collateral team meeting (Child & Family Team or other designated contract expectations).
Actively engage in community events and outreach efforts to build meaningful relationships, strengthen community presence, and support prevention and intervention efforts.
Provide guidance for the clients and families in their interaction with referring agencies, schools, and other community organizations as needed.
Who You Are Requirements, Skills & Abilities
Master’s degree in social work, counseling or related field required.
License eligible (LCSW, LMHC-A, LMFT-A, etc.) or licensure preferred.
Minimum 1 year experience in a similar role required; Knowledge of family dynamics and/or crisis intervention preferred.
Bilingual in Spanish strongly preferred.
Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills.
Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
Collaboration and teamwork.
Leadership.
Must have valid driver's license.
Must authorize Child & Family to complete a motor vehicle records check.
The ideal candidate will be required to meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position.
Physical Requirements Direct Service Staff
This position requires time sitting, standing, walking, driving, carrying and lifting up to 25lbs. This role also requires operating desktop, laptop and/or cell phone, and communicating with colleagues.
Equal Employment Opportunity Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:
Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.
Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, and others.
Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.
Affirmative Action Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.
